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8 years ago
Oh, so, I started a job as a Technical Lab Assistant (Apprentice) at a medical lab last Tuesday. 2nd shift, so not my favorite as far as hours go, but I get to call my paycheck "blood money" and technically be correct.
As much as I actually hate blood, it's surprisingly easy for me to deal with it when it's in sample tubes. The majority of the job is to check incoming samples for clots and etc, and then load it onto an automated line to go to different machines and do different tests. It can be tedious at times, but it's a job where I can feel like I'm still doing something important, even if it's not always exciting, which is something I lacked at my last couple of jobs.
The cool thing is that, even though the lab is mostly automated, there's still a lot of stuff that needs to be done manually, so there's always going to be new things to do and learn (esp for someone like me, who has 0 lab experience outside of AP chemistry in high school).
It's the same place Frag works at, so I can go bother him if I don't understand something.
As much as I actually hate blood, it's surprisingly easy for me to deal with it when it's in sample tubes. The majority of the job is to check incoming samples for clots and etc, and then load it onto an automated line to go to different machines and do different tests. It can be tedious at times, but it's a job where I can feel like I'm still doing something important, even if it's not always exciting, which is something I lacked at my last couple of jobs.
The cool thing is that, even though the lab is mostly automated, there's still a lot of stuff that needs to be done manually, so there's always going to be new things to do and learn (esp for someone like me, who has 0 lab experience outside of AP chemistry in high school).
It's the same place Frag works at, so I can go bother him if I don't understand something.
